How Does a Diesel Pump Work?

What is a Diesel Pump? A full name of a diesel pump is a diesel injection pump, and is used to inject fuel into the firing cylinders of diesel engines. Keep in mind that, diesel pump work on the base of high compression pressure of the fuel in the cylinder to bring about combustion and they don’t make use of spark plugs to ignite the fuel in the firing cylinders as gasoline-powered engines do. Therefore, diesel pumps are very important to provide high compression rates of about 15,000 psi that are essential for the engine’s overall functioning. Distributor Injection Pumps: Distributor diesel injection pumps are also known as Rotary injection pumps. These pumps take in a hollow cylinder (called as a rotor) as it is found on a cam which normally joins to the distributor head ports. This rotor is found between the firing cylinders in engine block and contains a hole. Similar to a carburetor, this pump moves forward fuel blasts to the rotor in time together with the rise and fall of pistons of the engine. Holding on a cam, the rotor revolves in the direction of the firing cylinder when it goes to fire, bring into line its hole and the port on the side of the cylinder, after that it sends out the fuel for the combustion. Inline Injection Pumps: On the other hand, inline diesel injection pumps were initially introduced, and are regarded as very efficient. They have a design alike the real engine. A pump cylinder sits on each of the engine’s firing cylinders. In addition these pumps have a piston set similar to the engine, although their pistons position downward whilst the actual engine’s pistons point upward. They have a rotating cam which usually sits on the cylinders of the pump and join it with the serpentine belt of engine. Each side of the pump’s cylinders is connected by a fuel line. At the time when the engine turns on, the cam on the pump turns too, and then compels one piston down later than another in the identical sequence as the pistons in the cylinders of engine’s firing. These pump pistons drives fuel to the engine in a highly intense spray. Together with the engine’s air intake design these pistons produces the needed compression in the firing cylinders for combustion. When these pump pistons draw back, then simple suction carry more fuel from the fuel lines into the pump’s cylinders.